The high-profile violence against Black Americans during interactions with police continue to occur. When it occurs in our local communities, youth may be directly impacted. Increasingly, the trauma has expanded across the country with social media and news coverage. Either way, part of our role as supportive youth development professionals is to help youth to process these events, their emotional reactions to them, and to empower them to respond if they choose to. We’ve pulled together a list of ClubX Blog posts and other BGCA resources that will support these conversations with youth, particularly youth of color. This list will continue to be updated.
Race


Learn more about these and BGCA’s other Racial Equity resources at bgca.net/Pages/RacialEquity.asp

Download the Smart Girls guide at bit.ly/SGGrowingUpBlack2021
Download the Passport to Manhood guide at bit.ly/PMGrowingUpBlack2020

This guide offers classroom-ready strategies you can use to plan discussions and to facilitate these conversations with your students. Available with related resources at https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/publications/lets-talk


Emotional Health


In partnership with New York Life Foundation, The Be There initiative is a comprehensive approach to help Clubs and BGCA-affiliated youth centers build supportive relationships and integrate best practices in supporting youth experiencing bereavement and other major life altering losses. Be There provides trainings, resources and strategies that help Clubs increase their capacity to support youth, staff and families who are grieving. All Be There resources are available at https://www.bgca.net/Programs/Pages/Helping-Grieving-Youth.aspx
Supporting Youth Activism





We will continue to update this list as new resources are developed. To stay up-to-date with the most current information from the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Youth Development team, follow us on Facebook.

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